ninja machinist

So I decided to fire up the dirtbike last Saturday and take it up and down the street. I've done this many times in the past. As I was about to put it away I gave it a little braaap and the throttle stuck wide open. I twisted the throttle tube closed but the motor stayed wide open. Gave me a pretty good scare to say the least. I did some searches online and figured the problem was probably due to a dirty carburetor. I'm not completely certain of this however. And from what I've read on other dirtbike forums there've been a few people who've had this happen. The fuckin bike is a death trap and I'll never be sure this won't ever happen again. My RC-51 has twice the power and I ride it on the street alongside cagers on their cell phones but this dirtbike scares the living shit outta me. Fuck.

Ridin hard n dirty

start from the throttle for smooth movement and work towards the carb...best case is cable is either pinched, frayed, or as mentioned not seated...then look at the carb for the needle coming loose, dirt in the carb holding the slide up...check the cable for enough free play, if it is too tight the throttle will open when you turn the bars one way...in most cases the throttle is rarely full open...just a 1/4 open will feel like full when you loose control..

Registered

When a two stroke is wide open the kill switch doesn't work . Either lock the brake or if the bike is on its side cover the exhaust with your glove. Note that's yet another of the thousand reasons you wear gloves dirtbiking.

Registered

True that... I never thought of plugging the exhaust, pulling the sparkplug wire is a (really) jolting experience!

Once you're off the bike, the choices are limited, rear brake is tough to get to (and might not stop a big bore anyway), picking it up will get you dancing with a WFO bike and there isn't much time before the crank fails...

ninja machinist

So I took it apart yesterday. The cable adjuster just above the carb had broke and there was a tiny hole in the rubber boot around it. I figure a speck of dust got in and jammed the slide. Cable is completely fine.

Woke up this morning to sirens. Went to bed last night hearing a dirtbike tearing it up on the crossroad about 200m from the end of my driveway.
Sad and close to home. My wife and I were lying on the couch last night and heard the bike tearing down the road. My wife looked at me and said...

A lovely concept put forth by the people at Yamaha and I hope we see it in Canada.
That FZ7 twin is a sweet little motor.
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